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| Introduction | ix | |
| Author's note | xi | |
| 01 | The making of Germany | 1 |
| Geography | ||
| The origins of Germany | ||
| Medieval Germany | ||
| The Holy Roman Empire of the German nation | ||
| The Thirty Years' War | ||
| The age of absolutism | ||
| Revolution! | ||
| The rise of Prussia | ||
| The industrial era | ||
| 1848 and the Frankfurt Parliament | ||
| Bismarck and a united Germany | ||
| The military state | ||
| The Great War | ||
| The Weimar Republic: experiment in democracy | ||
| Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party | ||
| Two German republics | ||
| Reunification | ||
| 02 | The German language | 26 |
| Aspects of modern German | ||
| The German language | ||
| The origins of the German language | ||
| Modern German | ||
| 03 | Literature and philosophy | 38 |
| 8th-10th century: the origins of German literature | ||
| 12th-14th century: early medieval literature | ||
| The Reformation and beyond | ||
| 18th century: Germany, land of Dichter und Denker | ||
| 19th century: from French Revolution to German unification | ||
| from Expressionism to the Weimar Republic | ||
| In the shadow of the swastika | ||
| Post-war literature | ||
| East German literature | ||
| Literature of reunified Germany | ||
| Contemporary literature | ||
| 04 | Art and architecture | 61 |
| Pre-8th century: Roman remains | ||
| 8th-10th century: early period | ||
| 11th century: Romanesque | ||
| 13th century: Gothic | ||
| 15th century: Renaissance | ||
| 17th and 18th centuries: Baroque and Rococo | ||
| 18th century: Neoklassik | ||
| 19th century: Romantik | ||
| Late 19th century: Biedermeier | ||
| The end of the 19th century: Sezession and Jugendstil | ||
| In the shadow of the swastika | ||
| Modern architecture | ||
| Problems of unification | ||
| Modern German artists | ||
| 05 | German music | 83 |
| Vorspiel: The contemporary scene | ||
| Ouverture: 20th-century composers | ||
| Erster Satz: Back to the roots | ||
| Zweiter Satz: Baroque and the organ | ||
| Dritter Satz: the symphony | ||
| Vierter Satz: the German opera | ||
| Funfter Satz: the Singspiel and the Lied | ||
| Finale | ||
| 06 | Traditions, festivals and folklore | 101 |
| Von der Wiege bis zur Bahre: from the cradle to the grave | ||
| Rund ums Jahr. all the year round | ||
| Some regional titbits | ||
| 'Es war einmal', or 'once upon a time': some common folktales from Germany | ||
| 07 | Creativity and achievements in other spheres | 117 |
| Science and technology | ||
| Food and drink | ||
| Media | ||
| The internet | ||
| 08 | Politics in Germany | 133 |
| The Federal Republic of Germany | ||
| Das Grundgesetz: the constitution | ||
| 09 | The basics for living | 149 |
| Education | ||
| Health | ||
| Housing | ||
| Transport | ||
| 10 | The Germans at work and play | 165 |
| The Germans at work | ||
| The Germans at play | ||
| The Germans at work and play | ||
| 11 | The German people | 179 |
| Some German stereotypes | ||
| Demographics | ||
| Popular names | ||
| Terms of address | ||
| Women in Germany | ||
| The environment | ||
| Religious observance | ||
| Judaism in Germany | ||
| Racism | ||
| The 'typical' German | ||
| 12 | Into the future - Germany in the wider world | 194 |
| German identity: German? European? Weltburger? | ||
| German economic strength into the 21st century | ||
| Foreign policy today | ||
| Into the future | ||
| Appendix A | Timeline | 204 |
| Appendix B | Recipes | 214 |
| Index | 222 |
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